Alert archive / Georgia / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Feb 4, 2007, 1:59 AM EST for 29 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 4, 2007, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2007, 1:59 AM EST (06:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 4, 2007, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2007, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
All 29 counties
Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Houston County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Marion County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Schley County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1902 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 111 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS82 KFFC 040659 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 159 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 GAZ080>086-089>098-102>113-042100- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0007.070204T1800Z-070204T2300Z/ TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE- CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS- TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE- TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 159 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A VERY DRY AIRMASS HAS SETTLED INTO THE REGION...ALLOWING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO DROP BELOW 25 PERCENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOONS. ALTHOUGH THE AREA HAS OBSERVED RECENT RAINFALL...THE DRY CONDITIONS HAVE ALLOWED FUEL MOISTURES TO DROP BACK TO NEAR AND BELOW 10 PERCENT. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS82 KFFC 041939 RFWFFC RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 239 PM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 GAZ080>086-089>098-102>113-042300- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0008.070205T1700Z-070205T2300Z/ /O.CON.KFFC.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070204T2300Z/ TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE- CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS- TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE- TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 239 PM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUEL MOISTURES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUEL MOISTURES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION...ALLOWING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO DROP BELOW 25 PERCENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOONS. ALTHOUGH THE AREA HAS OBSERVED RECENT RAINFALL...THE DRY CONDITIONS HAVE ALLOWED FUEL MOISTURES TO DROP BACK TO NEAR AND BELOW 10 PERCENT. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$ GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078-079- 050345- /O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0008.070205T1700Z-070205T2300Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW- CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB- NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES- HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON- NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP- MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON- GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT- 239 PM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUEL MOISTURES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY. A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION...ALLOWING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO DROP BELOW 25 PERCENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOONS. ALTHOUGH THE AREA HAS OBSERVED RECENT RAINFALL...THE DRY CONDITIONS HAVE ALLOWED FUEL MOISTURES TO DROP BACK TO NEAR AND BELOW 10 PERCENT. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND OCONEE NATIONAL FORESTS. DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 25 PERCENT AND WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2:39 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 27 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.